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69. CNN grossly inflates the pro-Mosti numbers

Sat Dec 8, 2012, 04:49 PM

Dec 2012

Nada Wassef ‏@Nadawassef

الشاطر: لن نرضى أن تسرق الثورة .. http://almogaz.com/news/politics/2012/12/08/618211 …@repent11 Shater claims CNN said #'s = 2M @ pro Morsi protests,thought I'd let u know

Nada Wassef ‏@Nadawassef

Shater,once more,claims that @CNN estimated numbers at pro-Morsi protests last Tuesday to be 2M,blatant lies,once more #Egypt

the numbers from various sources yesterday is that the MB numbers started at around 400 and swelled to around 2000.

Where CNN got 2 million is beyond belief.

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